The Blue Yeti is a side-fire microphone. You talk into the side grill just up from the company name.
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The Shure SM7b is an end-fire microphone. You point the top toward your lips.
This is a Joe Rogan Experience guest and is more or less how the microphone is to be used.
This is actual Joe Rogan and is not how to use this microphone. He’s too close and his voice sounded terrible for days until the production people figured out how to fix it in his sound mixer.
Please note everyone is wearing headphones. You listen to the microphone, the interface, or the sound mixer to catch the sound before the computer gets it. This is highly desirable because you can hear yourself making mistakes and guards against volume waving up and down as you move your head.
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This is a kitchen table sound studio I designed.
Scroll down. At one time you could buy pre-cut plastic pipes from Home Depot. Two heavy furniture moving pads and you were done. Note there’s a pad on the table.
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